Gargar — ܓܪܓܪ
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Gargar; Gerger; ܓܪܓܪ; ܓܰܪܓܰܪ; كركر; جرجر; Karkar; كَرْكر
A city near the Euphrates between Melitene and Amida.
ܚܶܣܢܰܐ ܗܘ ܘܰܡܕܝܢܬܐ ܒܩܘܪܒܳܐ ܕܡܝܺܠܝܺܛܝܢܝ ܒܶܝܬ ܫܰܡܝܫܰܛ ܠܚܰܣܢ ܙܝܰܐܕ ܠܡܰܥܪܒܳܐ ܕܰܦܪܳܬ. ܚܶܪܒܰܬ.
حصن وبلدة قرب ملطية بين سميساط وحصن زياد غربي الفرات تولاها الخراب.
an ancient citadel and town near Melitene, between Samosata and Ḥiṣn Ziyād, west of the Euphrates.
location: 38.028889 39.032222
event: 1224/1228, Attestation of name كَرْكر in the Muʿjam al-buldān of Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī.
state: -0030 – 2013
identifier: http://syriaca.org/place/86
identifier: http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/874353
identifier: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerger
identifier: http://dbpedia.org/resource/Gerger
The Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage 60, 284, 290, 335 Map III
ܒܪ̈ܘܠܐ ܒܕܝܪ̈ܐ ܕܥܠ ܡܪܕܘܬ ܝܘܠܦܢ̈ܐ ܣܘܪ̈ܝܝܐ ܗܕܝܪ̈ܐ 560
كتاب اللؤلؤ المنثور في تاريخ العلوم والأداب السريانية 518
The Scattered Pearls: A History of Syriac Literature and Sciences 555
Muʿjam al-buldān Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī IV:514